page_title: Demon Hunter
section_title: Later releases
hierarchical_section_title: Demon Hunter / History / Later releases
caption_attribution_description: English: Demon Hunter performing in 2014
context_page_description: Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his family. As of early 2010, the band has sold over half a million albums. The band's style is known for combining nu metal sounds and qualities with ones heard in metalcore.
context_section_description: In 2009 Don Clark left the band to pursue his graphic designer career and to be with his family and Ethan Luck left because he could not keep up with the hectic schedule of being in both Demon Hunter and Relient K. On August 28, Demon Hunter released an official statement with a new band photograph stating that Patrick Judge was the new, permanent replacement for Luck. However, the statement made no mention of Randy Torres's joining the band; a new band photograph included him as well. An official replacement for Don Clark was announced in Demon Hunter's exclusive fan club, The Blessed Resistance, with the announcement of Ryan Helm, formerly of The Ascendicate, as the band's new permanent rhythm guitarist.
  The band released The World Is a Thorn on March 9, 2010. It featured guest vocals by Dave Peters of Throwdown in "Feel As Though You Could," Christian Älvestam of Miseration in "Just Breathe," and Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork featured in the single "Collapsing". The album debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 14,000.
  The band joined As I Lay Dying on tour in March, marking the first time Demon Hunter ever toured as a support act rather than the headliner. Blessthefall and War of Ages were also on the bill. Demon Hunter released an anthology of their first three albums on March 8, 2011 titled Death, a Destination. In December 2011 Ryan Helm announced that he would be leaving Demon Hunter to concentrate on his solo project, Damien Deadson. Helm stated that the departure "was inevitable; however, it was on good terms."
  In January 2012 it was announced on the Solid State Records website that Jeremiah Scott, bassist for The Showdown, had joined the band in the position of rhythm guitar.
  Their sixth album, True Defiance, released April 10, 2012, was a commercial success, reaching No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Christian Albums chart and received generally positive to mixed reviews. A month before the album was released, Demon Hunter released the song "My Destiny" as the first official single from the album and released "Someone to Hate" and "Dead Flowers" as promotional singles. The band also released a deluxe edition of the album that included two bonus songs, "What is Left" and "I Am a Stone".
  In July 2012, the band toured for the album along with Bleeding Through, Cancer Bats, and The Plot in You. Not long after, they also announced a tour in the countries of Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia in South America. The band was part of a tour called "Another Year Another Tour", their first tour of 2013 alongside headline act In Flames, as well two other bands All Shall Perish, and Battlecross.
  Demon Hunter began releasing teaser posts on January 30, 2014 related to Extremist, which was released on March 18, 2014. Demon Hunter released the album's first single, "Artificial Light", on their YouTube account February 13, 2014, and also released websites to pre-order their new album. "The Last One Alive", and "I Will Fail You" were eventually released as promotional singles shortly after. Extremist debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 18,000 copies in the first week of release. This is the band's highest chart debut, being 20 steps higher than their highly regarded previous effort, True Defiance which debuted at No. 36.
  In August 2014, the band went on a brief tour with Alternative metal band, Red, and the more Alternative rock band, Veridia.
  The band's first and only concert for 2015 was at Uprise Festival in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
  Demon Hunter officially released their eighth studio album, Outlive, on Solid State Records on March 31, 2017. In December 2016, they released the first single for Outlive: "Cold Winter Sun". On February 15, 2017, they announced that a music video for their second single "Died In My Sleep" would be released.
  On December 3, 2018 they announced two albums—War and Peace—were scheduled to be released in March 2019. Demon Hunter released both albums on March 1, 2019. On March 16, 2019, the two albums made it into top 5 of the Billboard
caption: Demon Hunter in 2014
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